The story
From Vaughan + -ite, after David John Vaughan, English mineralogist.
First known use, by meaning
- from 1989 A mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vaughanite
Today it means: A mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada. Full definition →
First used 1989